Installation instructions for:

Download the cover-flow.zip package, extract it and copy all the resulted files and folders in the same location as the web page in which you want the product to be displayed. As an alternative, you can copy all the resulted files and folders in a different folder.

From the downloaded package, the SWF file represents the actual product while the other files (XMLs, images) are the assets that the SWF file uses. A short explanation how SWFs and XMLs interacts can be found here.

Open the HTML file with a text editor (like Notepad or TextEdit) and add the following code where you want the product to be displayed:

Don't forget to replace the 600 and 320 from the swfobject.embedSWF() function above with your own width and height that you specified in the settings.xml file through componentWidth and componentHeight elements. Also, don't forget to update the paths as specified in this FAQ article if you copied the product's files in a different folder.

CUSTOMIZATION

You can customize the Cover Flow FX using the Live Demo above and then download the cover-flow.zip package with the changes you've made or you can edit the settings.xml file with a text editor.

To use your own images, edit the images.xml file with a text editor and define in each row the image path, the url to go to when clicking the image, the target(_self for the same browser window or _blank for a new browser window) and the text between CDATA tags. Here's an example:

2. Create a new folder inside your wp-content folder called flashxml, inside this folder create a new one called cover-flow-fx and copy the content of the free package there

3. If you copied the free package to a location different than the one above, go to Cover Flow FX from the Settings tab in your WordPress Dashboard and update the path accordingly

4. Add [cover-flow-fx][/cover-flow-fx] where you want the Flash to show up in your post/page

5. If you want to make the Cover Flow FX part of your theme, edit the template files and add <?php fxcoverflow_echo_embed_code(); ?> where you want it to show up

6. Customize your Cover Flow FX using the Live Demo from the top of this page. Download the ZIP file and use the included settings.xml file to overwrite wp-content/flashxml/cover-flow-fx/settings.xml

7. To use your own images, upload them to wp-content/flashxml/cover-flow-fx/images and update the wp-content/flashxml/cover-flow-fx/images.xml file accordingly

Additional settings file

To embed the Cover Flow FX more than once, you will need another settings file and (probably) another set of images. Let's assume your new file is called settings2.xml. Add [cover-flow-fx settings="settings2.xml"][/cover-flow-fx] where you want the Flash to show up in your post/page. If you made the Flash part of your theme, add the file name as the first argument of the fxcoverflow_echo_embed_code() function call (for example <?php fxcoverflow_echo_embed_code("settings2.xml"); ?>).

Add as widget

To add the Cover Flow FX as a widget, go to Widgets from the Appearance tab in your WordPress Dashboard, then drag and drop the Cover Flow FX from Available Widgets to the widget area you want. You can specify a different settings.xml file and an alternative content for users without Adobe Flash Player from the widget's settings.

No Flash support text

To support visitors without Adobe Flash Player, you can provide alternative content by adding the text between [cover-flow-fx] and [/cover-flow-fx]. If you made the Flash part of your theme, add the text as the second argument of the fxcoverflow_echo_embed_code() function call (for example <?php fxcoverflow_echo_embed_code("", "Alternative content"); ?>).

Change WMODE

By default, the WMODE value is transparent but you can change it to window from the Cover Flow FX in the Settings tab in your WordPress Dashboard. For widgets, this can be done from the widget's settings. If you want to have a different WMODE value in a specific place, it can be done like this: [cover-flow-fx wmode="window"][/cover-flow-fx]. If you're using the PHP function, here's an example on: <?php fxcoverflow_echo_embed_code("", "", 0, 0, "window"); ?>.

If you have PHP4

To make it work with PHP4, add [cover-flow-fx width="400" height="300"][/cover-flow-fx] where you want the Flash to show up in your post/page. If you made the Flash part of your theme, add the width and height as the third and fourth argument of the fxcoverflow_echo_embed_code() function call. Don't forget to provide your own width and height values, since 400 and 300 are just examples.

Getting rid of the FlashXML.net label

To remove the FlashXML.net label from the top-left corner you'll need to buy the paid package. Once you'll do that, simply use the SWF file from the paid package to overwrite the SWF file from the wp-content/flashxml/cover-flow-fx/ folder.

1. Download the free package. You need to host all the included files from the package on your own domain because Facebook doesn't allow file hosting.

Don't forget to use your own URL for the product's location, name, width and height.

7. Click preview to see how it looks or save changes. The product is now added to the Welcome tab of your page.

8. Optional: To change the tab's name, called by default Welcome, edit your page, go to the Apps tab and click Edit Settings option next to the Static HTML: iframe tabs application to enter the name you want.

9. Optional: To make the tab your default landing tab (first thing your visitors see on your page) edit your page and go to the Manage Permissions tab and change the Default Landing Tab. Note that this option doesn't work with the new Timeline for pages.

Getting rid of the FlashXML.net label

To remove the FlashXML.net label from the top-left corner you'll need to buy the paid package. Once you do that, simply use the SWF file from the paid package to overwrite the SWF file from the location where you hosted all the files from the free package.

The module is used for adding the product in one or more pages in a given position (e.g. top, bottom, sidebar) while the plugin is used for adding the product inside a specific article.

You can see an example on how to install a module in your Joomla 1.5 website here, how to install a plugin in your Joomla 1.5 website here, how to install a module in your Joomla 1.6 website here and how to install a plugin in your Joomla 1.6 website here.

Make sure your Joomla version is at least 1.5 and your hosting provider is using PHP5.

2. Create a new folder inside your Joomla folder called flashxml, inside this folder create a new one called coverflowfx and copy the content of the free package there

3. If you copied the free package to a location different from the one above, update the Path from plugin's parameters accordingly

4. Add {coverflowfx}{/coverflowfx} where you want the Flash to show up in your article

5. Customize your Cover Flow FX using the Live Demo from the top of this page. Download the ZIP file and use the included settings.xml file to overwrite flashxml/coverflowfx/settings.xml

6. The default name for the settings file is settings.xml, but if you want to use another file (for example settings2.xml), specify the name like this: {coverflowfx settings=settings2.xml}{/coverflowfx} where you want the component to show up in your article

7. In some cases the width and height will not be read from the settings.xml file but you can specify them like this: {coverflowfx width=400 height=300}{/coverflowfx}. Don't forget to provide your own width and height values, since 400 and 300 are just examples.

No Flash support text

To support visitors without Adobe Flash Player, you can provide alternative content by adding the text between {coverflowfx} and {/coverflowfx}.

Changing WMODE

By default, the WMODE value is transparent but you can change it to window from the module/plugin's parameters. If you want to have a different WMODE value in a specific article, it can be done like this: {coverflowfx wmode=window}{/coverflowfx}.

Getting rid of the FlashXML.net labelTo remove the FlashXML.net label from the top-left corner you'll need to buy the paid package.Once you will do that, simply use the SWF file from the paid package to overwrite the SWF file from the flashxml/coverflowfx/ folder.

The Cover Flow FX component is available for Flash CS3, CS4, CS5, CS5.5 and requires Flash Player 9 or later. To use this product in Flash you need the MXP file that is available only in the paid package.

You can see an example of how to install a component in Flash Professional here.

In this video you will see:
- how to create an instance of the component on the stage: from the Components panel (Ctrl+F7) drag & drop the component on the stage
- how to give a name to an instance for further use in ActionScript: click on the component instance on the stage and from the Properties panel (Ctrl+F3) enter a name in the text input
- how to access the properties of the component (read or modify) during different moments of your Flash application

Any property of the component could be accessed that way. The names of the properties are identical with the ones from the settings.xml file. The properties of the component can be any of these three types: Number, String, Boolean. We assume it’s intuitive of which type each property is.

Warning! Setting the parameters of the component in the Component Inspector window (Shift+F7) and in the same time having a settings.xml file populated with different values for each property, the properties from the settings.xml file will have priority (meaning that a parameter set in the Component Inspector will be ignored if that parameter is also defined in the XML file).

For now, this component does not dispatch events, but stay tuned for an update.

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License, distribute or sell this productThis also applies for sub-licensing, redistribution or reselling.

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1. how is it possible to controll another swf file from yours
(on select another swf movie shall play)

and

2. how to switch the image when its selected

its a nearly perfekt coverflow in flash

thank you for your time
victor

Hi,

To answer your first question, the Coverflow doesn’t officially support SWF files. It can only use images and videos.
As for your second question, could you please explain what you mean by “how to switch the image when its selected”. Normally you can have 2 images, one in the Coverflow, and one in the Colorbox pop-out script.

Debbie

Posted 7 years ago

I would like to add my own videos to this Cover Flow. How do I do that. There isn’t a way to add in Live Demo. Also my videos are in .wmv format. Do I need to change that to something else and if so what and how do I convert them to an acceptable file format for us?

Thanks

Hi,

For one, you must first convert the video to FLV standard.
To add the video you will have to manually add it to the images.xml like this: